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| author | Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu> | 1999-05-12 07:44:11 -0400 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 1999-05-13 15:04:05 +0000 |
| commit | 694a7e45e880af49143a9ee6956bdcad8acd156c (patch) | |
| tree | 37dc20ccb99fe35d560c9988570eb1023b6025d2 /INSTALL | |
| parent | 782700a3b16a01f8b979ff8d588e100d19c945ac (diff) | |
| download | perl-694a7e45e880af49143a9ee6956bdcad8acd156c.tar.gz | |
(Was Re: SunOS4.1 compilation error)
To: perlbug@perl.com
Message-Id: <Pine.GSU.4.05.9905121136520.25150-100000@newton.phys>
p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@3413
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 18 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ provide additional or different instructions for building Perl. If there is a hint file for your system (in the hints/ directory) you should also read that hint file for specific information for your -system. (Unixware users should use the svr4.sh hint file.) +system. (Unixware users should use the svr4.sh hint file.) If +there is a README file for your platform, then you should read +that too. Additional information is in the Porting/ directory. =head1 WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004. @@ -1634,8 +1636,16 @@ comes with the perl distribution, but you need to have perl compiled before you can use it. (If you have not installed it yet, you need to run C<./perl -Ilib utils/perlbug> instead of a plain C<perlbug>.) -You might also find helpful information in the Porting directory of the -perl distribution. +Please try to make your message brief but clear. Trim out unnecessary +information. Do not include large files (such as config.sh or a complete +Configure or make log) unless absolutely necessary. Do not include a +complete transcript of your build session. Just include the failing +commands, the relevant error messages, and whatever preceeding commands +are necessary to give the appropriate context. Plain text should +usually be sufficient--fancy attachments or encodings may actually +reduce the number of people who read your message. Your message +will get relayed to over 400 subscribers around the world so please +try to keep it brief but clear. =head1 DOCUMENTATION @@ -1680,4 +1690,4 @@ the contact information to match your distribution. =head1 LAST MODIFIED -$Id: INSTALL,v 1.48 1999/03/19 17:00:49 doughera Exp $ +$Id: INSTALL,v 1.49 1999/05/12 15:36:02 doughera Released $ |